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4 sailors injured after aviators eject while landing on US aircraft carrier off Virginia
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What happened4 sailors injured after aviators eject while landing on US aircraft carrier off Virginia.
The headline splitThe center frames it as "4 sailors injured after aviators eject while landing on US aircraft carrier off Virginia". The right frames it as "2 Navy aviators eject during landing 'mishap' aboard USS Eisenhower, injuring 4 sailors".
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Center4 sailors injured after aviators eject while landing on US aircraft carrier off Virginia
WDSU New Orleans (Hearst) · Center · News report
Right / center-right2 Navy aviators eject during landing 'mishap' aboard USS Eisenhower, injuring 4 sailors
4 sailors injured after aviators eject while landing on US aircraft carrier off Virginia
Four US Navy sailors aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier were injured on Monday evening when an aircraft suffered a "mishap" while trying to land on the ship off the coast...
2 Navy aviators eject during landing 'mishap' aboard USS Eisenhower, injuring 4 sailors
Two U.S. Navy aviators ejected while landing on USS Dwight D. Eisenhower off the coast of Virginia, and four sailors aboard were also injured in the mishap.
